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Chris Artman
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 Posted: Mon 01 Jun, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject: Anyone getting the Albion Alpha-Omega Sword? |
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I thought there would have been a post by now regarding Albion's new Alpha-Omega fantasy sword based on the Munich...
Any thoughts?
It is very, very cool, but I am waiting for the museum line version of the Bayerisches (Nationalmuseum in Munich, Germany). I'm starting to overflow with swords, maces, and pole weapons, so I need to only get a select few on occasion going forward... Either way, the Alpha-Omega looks very cool...
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Joe Fults
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| Posted: Tue 02 Jun, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Not buying much of anything right now, this included.
Ambivalent on the whole package as well.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
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Luka Borscak
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I just saw it on their facebook page. It sure does look cool. I like fantasy designs that are not too exaggerated and have nothing to do with the reality. But I'm even more sure that I don't have $1700. 
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Darrin Hughes
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I'm pretty much with Joe on this. Even if I was interested I think there are other less expensive Albions that I'd rather have and currently can't afford, so this is a bit of a none starter. I also hate to think what the price is going to end up at if $1700 is the special introductory offer. 
Cheers,
Darrin.
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Sam Barris
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I'm sort of in the same boat with you, Chris; the boat that might sink under the weight of all the swords. Even after clearing out my lower end MRLs and such, I'm still going to be cluttered soon. I like the look of this sword, especially the wonderful hollow grinding, which is not a feature of the Munich. I like it, but the clutter issue has more or less forced me to swear off fantasy pieces (and pass on one or two historical pieces that I really wanted). And I have my lovely Gothic Munich still, which I have no intention of parting with to make room.
Still, that has to be one of the most tastefully done fantasy swords I've ever seen. Clearly a fantasy sword made by people who know how the real ones are supposed to look. Very nicely done.
Pax,
Sam Barris
"Any nation that draws too great a distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools." —Thucydides
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Jean Thibodeau
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| Posted: Tue 02 Jun, 2009 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Sam Barris wrote: | I like it, but the clutter issue has more or less forced me to swear off fantasy pieces (and pass on one or two historical pieces that I really wanted). And I have my lovely Gothic Munich still, which I have no intention of parting with to make room.
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Yeah, it gets pretty bad when your most recent purchase lives on your bed and you have to take it off the bed to go to sleep and lean it over a pile of books in the middle of the floor !  
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Kenton Spaulding
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Boy, what a great problem to have, guys...
The sword is pretty dang cool, really like the blade and the pommel, though I'm a little iffy on the guard. Still, considering what I think of most fantasy swords, they did a really nice job. Not something I'd buy, but I'm sure a lot of people would bite at the chance for a piece like that.
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William Swiger
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I finally got around to ordering one awhile back. It has been removed from KOA and the Albion site........
Non Timebo Mala
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